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Of the many sports in which your child can participate, wrestling is perhaps the most misrepresented, misunderstood, and underrated. The ratio of participation to public awareness is remarkably lopsided.
What is it about wrestling that makes it so different from other sports? It is a sport that is virtually non-existent in the sports media, practically never the topic of conversation among sports enthusiasts, and typically dismissed as something akin to the theatrical, so-called “professional” version of the sport.
To the uninitiated, wrestling may seem brutal sport. Most everybody has heard a story or two about a wrestler so obsessed with winning that they went to the extreme measures to prepare for competition. Wrestling is an intense sport. How will my child survive, and if he does, is that really the part of his personality that needs to be developed?
Wrestling can spark the competitive drive and over time, wrestlers can become very focused and intense, but this is a commonly misunderstood aspect of the sport. Many very successful wrestlers do not fit this mold and those that do, are not the loud, bragging, in-your-face “professional” wrestling type. If you were to meet some of the most intense wrestlers on the mat, surprisingly, you would most likely find them to be quiet, respectful, and although confident, in many ways humble.
So how will your child survive on the mat? What’s going to happen when they have to face someone bigger, older, or more experienced? Eventually this will happen. Sooner or later, every wrestler gets beat and for most, it is a steep uphill battle from the start. If you and your child are OK with this then you are off to a great start. Nobody likes losing but the wrestling mentality is to turn a loss into a new challenge. The point is that as a parent, you do not need to be concerned about how well your child will do. If they enjoy it and want to continue despite losing they will not only survive, but they will eventually succeed. Differences in natural ability diminish over time. It is the ability to see a loss as a challenge and forge on that really makes the wrestler.
ACCOMPLISHED WRESTLERS INCLUDE:
US Presidents – George Washington, Zachary Taylor, William Taft, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Chester A. Arthur
Other Famous People – Benjamin Franklin, General Norman Schwarzkoph, Nobel Prize winner Dr Norman Borlaug, Jay Leno, Tom Cruise, Tony Danza, Kirk Douglas, and Robin Williams
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